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26.06.2009 Education

Senior High Schools Engage In Competition

26.06.2009 LISTEN
By Daily Graphic

Mawuli Senior High School in Ho placed first in the finals of a national competition dubbed “Project Citizens” for senior high schools (SHS) in Ghana which took place in Accra last month.

Tamale SHS (TAMASCO) and Adisadel College in Cape Coast took the second and third positions respectively.

The competition was jointly organised by the Ghana Education Service (GES), the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and Civitas Ghana, a non-governmental organisation.

Project Citizens is a portfolio-based inter-disciplinary civic education programme that promotes qualitative youth participation in governance and trains students to monitor, as well as influence, public policy.


The winning schools received various prizes, including flat screen computers with accessories, food items, assorted books, including abridged versions of the 1992 Constitution, publications on the activities of Project Citizens Ghana and shields.

In addition to coming first in the competition, TAMASCO beat Wesley Girls’ High School in the Central Region by 80 to 77 points in the ongoing National Science and Maths Quiz.

The Headmaster of TAMASCO, Alhaji Tahiru Mahama, attributed the school’s achievement to the high level of academic standards being maintained in the school.

“We have teachers who can assist our students to develop their talents and compete favourably with their [counterparts] in top-rated schools in academic and co-curricular activities,” he noted.

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